Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Potential Clinic Sessions

48 Potential topics and speakers for Tech 08
34 sessions needed for the conference

Please indicate which topic should be included by indicating the strand you believe it will fit into.

Integrate educational technology into the classroom
Disaster Recovery Plan
Network Design
The Next Generation Classrooms
Print Management Solutions
Managing Learning via Distances
Michigan Integrated Technology Support (Special ED, use of technology to access curriculum
New Gadgets session
How to Deal With the Business Office
Tech Tools: How do we impact instruction & Student achievement
CIA – Curriculum, instruction, Assessment (CIA)
NCREL – Balanced Leadership
Legislation
CEPI
Grants
What does a 21st Century media center look like?
Curriculum Support for Tech Directors
Leveraging Technology to support Collaboration
Saving $$$s through Shared Resources and Services Data Warehousing Refer to MAISA Data Warehousing Survey Results)
E-Rate
Technology Certification
Collaboration
Professional Learning Communities
Online Learning for Educators
Online Learning for Students
Information Literacy: 8th Grade Tech Assessment and Online Learning Requirement
Open Source Alternatives
Policy
Leadership
Funding
One to One Institute

Proposals Received

Below are the topics of the presentations I have received.

Please indicate if we should pursue and what strand they would fall into:

Proposals turned in: 15

IP Telephony
Content Filtering Strategies
Community Safe Surfing control
AV Projection Planning
Managing School Technology
Interactive Whiteboard Classrooms – Real Collaboration
IP Security Cameras – A Structured Approach
Improve your parent/teacher communication over 100% in 3 months!
Open Source Applications in the K -12 Curriculum
The New Michigan LearnPort
Find Funds for Technology: The Dynamic Technology Planning © Program
Linux Clustering and Disaster Recovery
Management of Technology Labs and The Classroom – No Software Required
Integrating Online Learning with General Education Classes
Differentiating Instruction wtih Technology in K-5 Classrooms
Understand Student Population Dynamics with Geospatial Tools and Technologies
Geographic Information Systems and Purposeful Applications of Technology Based Education
Using Technology In Career Exploration: A Collaborative Effort to Meet Multiple Requirements

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Need Approval for Strands at MIEM Tech Conference

Here are the five final strands based on your comments.

1. Policy/Leadership
2. Research/Practices That Work
3. Managing Resources
4. Digital Age Literacy
5. Managing Data for Success